Shhh...

One of my many new year resolutions is to speak less. I tend to say a lot of nonsense. I exaggerate when I want to and I like to gossip. There's really no harm or bad intentions but I just do talk a lot. I think it's in my genes or my half Shanghainese background, I just tend to blurt things out, argue, and talk loudly in public. 

It's not something I'm proud of because sometimes I realize I go over board and say really stupid or dramatic things that may sound extreme or discriminating. I also tend to over categorize people and things into only two categories - "like" and "weird" <-- due to my lack of vocabulary (also something I'm working on). 

Yes, I categorize most things and people into "weird" when I have no other word to describe something that I don't personally favor. The word weird is a lot nicer than using ones like ugly, fat, bitch, idiot, gross, etc, you get the idea. 

So yes, I've settled on weird for quite some years now. People close to me know that when I say something is weird it's not necessarily weird but just my way of describing things when I don't have the right word for it. 

So how is all this related to talking less? Good point. I just realized I went slightly off topic. 

So, talk less and I'll embarrass myself less by not using the word weird or expressing my true feelings of certain people and topics (wal mart, govt, and life etc). 

So next time I start to talk just say Shhh to me. or better yet, put tape on my mouth.